In photoshop cs6, what is the standard width, heighth and resolution I should set my photoshop to? How do I determine when and how to make changes accordingly?

Question

I'm trying to change the pixel and width settings in photoshop but I messed around with the number settings and for some reason these numbers have saved. Everytime I open photoshop, my canvas is a very small rectangle. Any ideas on what the default settings would be?
Thanks!

Answer 1

When you type in the values, those values will be used the next time you open the new dialog box. However It you look above you will see a drop down box that list different media, below that is the presets for that media. When you choose the preset it fills in the text boxes for you.
To answer your question there is no standard, but the presets are a good starting point. Generally you first decide on what media you will be designing for starting with the highest resolution first and working your way down the list to the lowest.
For example a printed ad would be designed before a website as it is easier to remove pixels than it is to add them.
BTW one of the presets is default which is the values that were in those text boxes when you first installed photoshop which is 5" x 7" at 300ppi. That happens to be a size used for pictures when you have them printed to fit a 5 x 7 picture frame.